People · Japan
Kyoka Kobayashi (小林京香)
3×3 · top 18.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023UEDA01
Kyoka Kobayashi (小林京香) has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.38, set at Kansai Odd and BLD 2025, puts her in the top 18.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 813th in Japan. Across 7 competitions since September 2023, she has put 43 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 16.13 in September 2023 to 13.38, a 17% improvement. Kyoka has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.38 | 15.33 | top 18.9% | 813 / 3,360 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:51.16 | — | early days — 1 solve | 136 / 285 | |
| Skewb | 8.20 | 8.57 | top 42.9% | 215 / 354 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.47 | 1:17.48 | top 46.4% | 440 / 679 | |
| 5×5 | 3:33.61 | — | early days — 2 solves | 394 / 426 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Jul 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.91 at Katano Milky Way 2024.
- 23 Sep 2023First competition: Otsu Biwako Autumn 2023. A 16.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Otsu Biwako Autumn 2026 · 20 Sep 2026
- Kansai Mega Day 2026 · 1 Aug 2026
- Kansai BLD Summer 2026 · 6 Jun 2026
- Kansai Parity Party 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
- Kansai Odd and BLD 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Katano Milky Way 2024 · 7 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Otsu Biwako Autumn 2023 · 23 Sep 2023
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to her.
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
- Takumi Kato (加藤匠) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
- A sub-1:30 3×3 blindfolded single — 2,842 people have one; it is 21.16 away.
Targets move as she improves.